extrême

See also: extreme, Extreme, and extremé

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French extreme, extrême, borrowed from Latin extrēmus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

extrême (plural extrêmes)

  1. extreme

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Turkish: ekstrem

Noun

extrême m (plural extrêmes)

  1. extreme
    d'un extrême à un autre ― from one extreme to another
    Les extrêmes se touchent. ― Extremes meet.
    En désespoir de cause, la population se tourne vers les extrêmes.
    Out of desperation, the population is turning to [political] extremes.

Derived terms

  • à l'extrême

Further reading

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